Investigators seeking driver of deadly hit-and-run on Horizon Blvd.

by Jamel Valencia

Credit: MGN Online

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) —

Sheriff's deputies have identified a 45-year-old man struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.

Jesse Trevino Gonzales was walking along the 1500 block of Horizon Boulevard Wednesday evening on the unimproved, southbound shoulder of the roadway, said El Paso County sheriff’s spokeswoman Leslie Antunez.

A vehicle struck Gonzales, and then fled from the scene, said Antunez.

Officials said the vehicle was last seen going northbound toward Darrington Road on Horizon Boulevard.

They said there is limited information on the vehicle that fled the scene and is asking the public for help.

Anyone with information regarding this accident is asked to contact the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office at 915-832-4408.